curated by Chiara Gatti with an essay by Bruno Corà – from November 22 to March 9, 2025.
Small temples consisting of a plethora of abstract forms are enriched for this occasion with a special tribute to Sardinia: tiny piles of grains or seeds conjure towers and Nuragic constructions. In Löhr’s exploration, natural inspiration is not a mere explanation of the vegetation and its species, though. Her reflection raises matter to a dimension of radical abstraction and absolute form, where paramount importance is attributed to balance and proportion between the elements, sense of the space and value of the void. The exhibition also features a selection of pastel, graphite, and ink drawings on paper; the fruit of a similar sculptural process, in which the fibres of paper are rubbed and scratched as if it were plastic.
Portrait Christiane Löhr / Foto Salvatore Mazza
Christiane Löhr, (Wiesbaden, Germany, 1965) lives and works in Prato and Cologne. She graduated from the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf with Jannis Kounellis in 1994; under his supervision, she completed her Master of Arts in 1996. Her works were exhibited in several venues and art centres: Chaumont-sur-Loire, Haus am Waldsee, Museo e Real Bosco in Capodimonte, Museo San Fedele in Milan, Wuppertal, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, MART in Rovereto, Villa Panza in Varese, Centro Pecci in Prato. In 2001, she exhibited at the 49th Venice Art Biennale curated by Harald Szeemann and, in 2016, she was awarded the Premio Pino Pascali.
